"The First Record of a Male Actor"...Cannes Film Festival, Kang-Ho Song is Judging Lee Byung-hun is a prize
The status of Korean films and Korean Actors continues to rise. Korea Men Actor After Actor Kang-Ho Song, who was the first judge of the 74th Cannes International Film Festival competition to be held this month, Lee Byung-hun was selected as the winner of the Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony and is once again in the spotlight.
Kang-Ho Song and Lee Byung-hun, who confirmed their attendance at the Cannes Film Festival early this year, as the nation's first aviation disaster film "Emergency Declaration" (directed by Han Jae-rim, making space film) was selected as the official invitation to the Cannes Film Festival's non-competitive category this year. The Cannes Film Festival did not stop at the official invitation, but each of them was appointed as a competition judges and a closing ceremony prize winner, capturing two rabbits of diversity and topicality.
Kang-Ho Song was invited to the Cannes Film Festival competition with as many as three productions, including his previous work "Miryang" (07, directed by Lee Chang-dong), "Bat" (09, directed by Park Chan-wook), and "Psychic", and "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" (08, directed by Kim Jee-woon) and "The Emergency Declaration" It's the man of Cannes in real life. He is joined by eight members this year, including director Spike Lee, director of the jury, France and Senegalese Marty Diop, singer-songwriter Milene Palmer from Canada and France, American Actor and director Maggie Gyllenhaal, Austrian director Yeshika Hausner, France former Actor and director Melanie Laurent, Brazilian director Clever Mendonsa Filo and France former Actor Tahar Rahim He will be in charge of the competition.
Kang-Ho Song will be the fifth Korean filmmaker to be the first Korean male Actor to be a judge in the competition at the Cannes Film Festival, following Shin Sang-ok in 1994, Lee Chang-dong in 2009, Jeon Do-yeon in 2014, and Park Chan-wook in 2017.
The Cannes Film Festival added meaning to the Kang-Ho Song, followed by Lee Byung-hun as a closing ceremony winner. Lee Byung-hun will attend the Cannes Film Festival as the main Actor of the "Emergency Declaration" and will take a place until the closing ceremony on the 17th and take a spectacular finale. Lee Byung-hun was invited to the Cannes Film Festival non-competition category for "Sweet Life" (05, directed by Kim Jee-woon) "Good Guy, Bad Guy, Weird Guy" and received a love call from the third Cannes Film Festival until "Emergency Declaration" this year.
Lee Byung-hun, who became the second Korean filmmaker and the first Korean male Actor to win the awards at the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, which attracted worldwide attention, was honored at the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival. Although the specific awards are not yet known, it is analyzed that the winner will be the most likely winner as he attended as an Actor.
Lee Byung-hun not only made his debut at the Cannes Film Festival, but also attracted a lot of attention at the 88th Academy Awards in 2016, the first Korean Actor to be awarded. At the time of the Academi awards ceremony, he was awarded the Foreign Language Film Award (currently International Film Award) with Sofia Bergara, and he was well received for introducing and awarding foreign language film candidates with fluent English skills and unique bass voice.
This year's Cannes Film Festival will complete a colorful film festival with Kang-Ho Song and Lee Byung-hun, who represent Korean films. It is expected to be the best Cannes film festival that is as good as "parasite" (19, directed by Bong Joon-ho), which won the Golden Palm Award, the best honor of the first Cannes film festival in Korea.